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Travel Blogs from Webster City

Drove to Story City, Iowa today. The weather was not good today, in fact we drove through pour down rain for about 1 1/2 hrs as we passed through Kansas City and northward. The campground was wet from all the rain and not as pretty as it was the last time we stayed here 4 years ago. Smokey hasn't been sleeping well and has been crying during the night. I guess it is too much going on for him. Needless to say, we haven't been sleeping too ...

... the visit. See, this Fort Dodge museum wasn't really Fort Dodge; it was a model of a much smaller militia fort the town built during the civil war. It had the usual blend of real and pretend history: blacksmiths, tinsmiths, jail, newspaper office. But the only actual building from the actual Fort Dodge ( the one from the 1850s) was the Quartermaster's office. And the quartermaster at Fort Dodge turned out to ...

... all the buttons and then run off without waiting to see what happened or what the display was trying to demonstrate. Kids will do that of course, but the adults in attendance were for the most part not interacting with or correcting their children. I only saw one or maybe two mothers who were doing an activity with their ...

... guard will go to a welding shop tomorrow and the antennae crank was fixed immediately by Bob.

We are at a nice campground outside a place called Story City. It is nicely treed and is green. We were able to find a spot with some shade which was nice since it’s still terribly hot. I did some laundry and we had leftover Amish food for dinner. There is STILL some left over. Those portions were enormous! ...

... It was fun sitting and talking with Jordan, Chad, and my mom before they headed out to get something to eat and Mom went to bed.

Oh, and one thing I forgot...I got pulled over today for going 68 in a 55 zone. We had just entered into Iowa after a brief visit with Chuck and Vivian's family in Omaha. Luckily, the police officer was very nice, and he didn't give me a ticket, but he told me to slow down about five times! It worked, ...